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Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's finance and insurance industry is among the 5 industry divisions in which females outnumber males. Women's share of industry jobs has risen from 51% to 55% in the last decade. However, there is a pronounced gap in earnings between male and female workers. Employers expressed below-average satisfaction with vocational education and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
In Australia, the health and community services industry is the nation's fourth largest, and employment has grown by 39% since 1987, almost twice as much as the labor force as a whole. The industry is the most female dominated in Australia (77%) and the second-largest source of jobs for women. Thirty-eight percent of jobs in the sector are part…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Services, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Youth Studies Bulletin, 1984
This bulletin deals with various problems, policies, and programs affecting youth in Australia. Included in the bulletin are the following articles: "Low Cost Rural Resettlement: A Youth Perspective," by Scott Williams; "And Now for Something Completely Different - or a Little More of the Same," by Margaret O'Connell;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Coordination, Economic Research, Educational Cooperation
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2003
The public vocational education and training (VET) system in Australia encompasses formal learning activities intended to develop knowledge and skills that are relevant in the workplace for those past the age of compulsory schooling, but excludes bachelor and post-graduate courses and learning for leisure, recreation or personal enrichment. Some…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports
Black, Stephen – 2002
The impact of poor literacy and numeracy skills on employment and unemployment in Australia and elsewhere was examined through two case studies and a literature review. The first case study examined the role of literacy provision in helping 27 unemployed jobseekers find employment. The second focused on literacy and teamwork in the activities of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Cultural Context
Smith, Erica; Wilson, Lou – 2002
Australian school students' views regarding their learning from paid and unpaid work in the workplace were examined. The data sources were as follows: (1) a questionnaire administered in 13 schools in New South Wales and South Australia to students in years 10, 11, and 12; (2) school and locality-based case studies; and (3) interviews with…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Researchers
Lamb, Stephen; Ball, Katrina – 1999
A study examined patterns of course enrollments in year 12 and consequences of student course enrollments on education, training, and work experiences to age 19 using data collected between 1990-97 by the Australian Youth Survey. Findings indicated course-taking patterns in year 12 varied substantially according to gender, early school…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Course Selection (Students), Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship
Maglen, Leo; Shah, Chandra – 1999
The effects of globalization and rapid technological change on emerging occupational patterns in Australia need to be understood in order to understand their implications for the effects on education and vocational training. Building on the classification scheme introduced by Robert Reich in his 1992 book, the Work of Nations, Australian…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Planning, Economic Climate
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's accommodation, cafes, and restaurants industry represents more than half of the nation's total tourism and hospitality employment. It accounts for roughly 4.5% of all jobs in Australia (400,000 workers). Since 1987, the number of jobs in the sector has risen from about 257,000 to about 372,000. Approximately 57% of employees are…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Level
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's agriculture, forestry, and fishing industry represents about 5% of the nation's total employment and growth in the last 10 years has averaged only about 0.3% per year. In 1996, it was estimated that 4.7% of government-funded training was directed toward this industry. A 1997 employer satisfaction survey indicated that 11% of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's cultural and recreational services industry encompasses radio and television broadcasting, motion pictures, theatre, music, other performing arts, and sports and services to sports. Only 2.5% of the nation's labor force is employed in the industry. The sector has a particularly high level of part-time employment (over 40%). Employment…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Arts Centers, Cultural Opportunities, Education Work Relationship
Mills, Paul; Cesnich, Janine – 1993
A study examined the current outcomes and future of paraprofessional education provided under the auspices of South Australia's Department of Employment and Technical and Further Education (SA DETAFE). The primary objectives of the study were as follows: (1) determine whether an autonomous middle-level employment base exists in selected…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Case Studies
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
Student outcomes at Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) institutes were compared to those at Australian universities. The study was based on data from a survey completed by 39,426 individuals who had graduated from TAFE courses in 2000 and a survey of the more than 150,000 individuals who graduated from an Australian university in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes
Misko, Josie – 1999
Australian young people take five major transition pathways when they reach the end of compulsory schooling: compulsory to postcompulsory school, school-to-university/higher-education, school-to-vocational education and training, apprenticeship/traineeship, and school-to-work. In 1997, 97.2 percent were retained to Year 10; in Year 11, 84.4…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Bound Students, Dropout Characteristics, Dropouts
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's retailing sector is the largest single industry of employment, with more than 1.2 million workers. It is characterized by high levels of part-time and casual employment; a young work force, including many young people still in full-time education; and employment widely distributed geographically. Over the past 10 years, employment has…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Distributive Education, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns